Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Arthur James Gregg (1928- )
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John Leslie “Wes” Montgomery (1925-1968)
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Katherine Carper Sawyer (1942- )
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(1919) William Pickens, “The Kind of Democracy the Negro Expects”

Explore Global African History

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Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi (1928- )
The Empire of Songhai
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Songhai Empire (ca. 1375-1591)
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In the Land of Czars and Commissars: African Americans in Russia, the Soviet Union, and Post-Soviet Russia, 1824-2015
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (1938- )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Race and Color in A California Coastal Community: The Seaside Story
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Fort Worth, Texas, Where the West and the South Meet: A Brief History of the City’s African American Community, 1849-2012
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The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation: One Tennessee Community’s Odyssey from Slavery to Freedom
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I Remember Madiba: Paul Suzman Eulogizes Nelson Mandela

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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